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ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
A systematic agent framework for situated autonomous systems
We present a formal framework of an autonomous agent as a collection of coordinated control loops, with a recurring sense, plan, act cycle. Our framework manages the information f...
Frederic Py, Kanna Rajan, Conor McGann
KESAMSTA
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
An Approximate Model for Bidders in Sequential Automated Auctions
In this paper, we propose a probabilistic model to study the interaction of bidder and seller agents in sequential automated auctions. We consider a designated “special bidder”...
Erol Gelenbe, Kumaara Velan
SIGECOM
2008
ACM
220views ECommerce» more  SIGECOM 2008»
13 years 7 months ago
Better redistribution with inefficient allocation in multi-unit auctions with unit demand
For the problem of allocating one or more items among a group of competing agents, the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism is strategy-proof and efficient. However, the VCG mech...
Mingyu Guo, Vincent Conitzer
ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 23 days ago
Miscomputing ratio: social cost of selfish computing
Auctions are useful mechanism for allocating items (goods, tasks, resources, etc.) in multiagent systems. The bulk of auction theory assumes that the bidders’ valuations for ite...
Kate Larson, Tuomas Sandholm
ATAL
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Bounded practical social reasoning in the ESB framework
Reasoning about others, as performed by agents in order to coordinate their behaviours with those of others, commonly involves forming and updating beliefs about hidden system pro...
Iain Wallace, Michael Rovatsos